Turkic speakers join forces in Iran's parliament - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Jan 18, 2017

Masoud Pezeshkian, the deputy speaker of parliament and leader of its newly formed Turkic-speaking faction, presides over a legislative session in Tehran, Iran, in this photo posted on Twitter on June 6, 2016. — Twitter/@RZimmt

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